Parks Kertha Gosha

As a former empire, Klungkung has a lot of natural heritage is now a tourist attraction. One is Park Kerta Gosa, the cultural heritage Semarapura Klungkung palace. Kerta Gosa is a building (bale) which is part of the palace complex of buildings Semarapura and has been built around the year 1686 by the founder of the first holder of the throne of power and the kingdom of Klungkung is Ida I Dewa Agung Jambe.

Gosa Kerta consists of two buildings (bale) that Bale and Bale Kambang akerta Gosa. Bale called Kambang because this building is surrounded by a pool of Taman Gili. The uniqueness of the Bale Kambang Kerta Gosa is on the surface of the ceiling or ceiling bale is decorated with traditional painting style of Kamasan (a name of the village in Klungkung) or style puppets are very popular among the people of Bali. At first, the paintings that decorate the ceiling of the building was made of cloth and parba. Around the year 1930 to be replaced and made in the plasterboard and then restored in accordance with the original and still intact today. As a cultural heritage palace Semarapura, Kerta Gosa and Bale Kambang enabled to hear the case and place where religious ceremonies are especially yadnya cut teeth (mepandes) for the children of the king.

Function of both buildings is closely related to the function of education through puppet paintings presented at the ceiling of the building. Therefore, the paintings is a series of stories that take a central theme, namely parwa Swargarokanaparwa and Bima Swarga who guide the punishment karma phala (result of the merits of human acts committed during his lifetime) as well as re-incarnation into the world because of the deeds and sin- sin. Therefore not wrong to say that psychologically, the themes of paintings that decorate the ceiling of the building Kerta Gosa contains the values ​​of mental and spiritual education. The painting is divided into six rows of the story.

Bottom row illustrates the theme of the story comes from Tantric. Dereta second from the bottom illustrate the theme of the story in Swargarakanaparwa Bimaswarga. The next row of Kasyapa Bagawan themed story. The fourth row is a theme Palalindon characteristics or the meaning and significance of the earthquake are mythological. Continued story taken from the theme Bimaswarga indescribable in the fifth row of the cone is located almost on the ceiling of the building. In the last or sixth row is occupied by a picture of the life of nirvana. In addition to the roof of the building Kerta Gosa, wayang paintings also decorate the ceiling of the building to the west of the Bale Kambang Kerta Gosa. On the palate this Kambang Bale puppet themed paintings from the Ramayana and Sutasoma Kakawin story. Decision yanga theme derived from this kakawin indicate that the function of the building is Bale Kambang place to hold religious ceremonies Manusa Yadnya teeth cut the king's sons and daughters in Klungkung. The attraction of Kerta Gosa than the traditional style of painting in Kamasan Bale and Bale Kambang Kerta Gosa, other important relics are still around and can not be separated in terms of historical value is great pemedal (the gate / gate). Pemedal located west of the Great Kerta Gosa very emit value of cultural heritage palace. Pemedal contained on this Court also artistic value of traditional Balinese architecture. This gate serves as a crutch ever holder of the throne of power mechanism (Dewa Agung) in Klungkung for over 200 years (1686-1908).

In the event of war against the Dutch military expedition known as Puputan Klungkung on April 28, 1908, the last holder of the throne of Dewa Agung Jambe and his followers killed. (A copy is now enshrined in Puputan Klungkung monument is located across Kerta Gosa). After the defeat of the core building Semarapura Kraton (offal) crushed and used as a human habitation. The highest of the remaining debris is Kerta Gosa, Bale Kambang with his Taman Gili and the Palace gate. Until now the object of a very attractive both in terms of tourism and culture.

Gosa Kerta park has also been used as a tribunal, that is, during the Dutch colonial bureaucracy in Klungkung (1908-1942) and since the appointment of a chief native officials in the kingdom of Klungkung (Ida I Dewa Agung of Klungkung State) in 1929. In fact, the former supplies the court of a chair and wooden table carved and paint wear prade still there. The objects are evidence of traditional heritage institutions such as courts ever apply in Klungkung in the colonial period (1908-1942) and the Japanese occupation period (1043-1945). In 1930, restoration of paintings ever made puppet contained in Kerta Gosa and Bale Kambang by the artists of Kamasan painting. Restoration of the last paintings done in 1960.